Collection item
Dress with overskirt split at side waist
This dress was made by Society Fashions, an Auckland-based manufacturing firm established by Bill Hall and Maurice Mihotich in 1962. Maurice left Society a year later to establish his own label, Miss Deb. Bill, and his wife Robyn, continued to develop Society, later rebranding the company High Society.
Details
Credit:
Loan courtesy of Nicola Zaaiman
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Manufacturing location:
Auckland
Garment type:
Dress
Material:
Cotton
Features:
The dress has an overskirt that splits to reveal a green underskirt.
Colour:
Cream, pistachio green
Label:
Society
Date:
Circa 1963
